user: Isaac Banner
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by: Eric Black
introduces moves: swing, chain, gyre, circle, balance the ring, pass through
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles chain to partners
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| 8 | ladles gyre once in the center
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | pass through ⁋
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by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: do si do, allemande, long lines, right left through, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back, ladles roll away partners left to right on the way back
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| 8 | circle left 3 places
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| B2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | star left 4 places to new neighbors ⁋
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by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: Rory O'More, hey
formation: improper
Long waves, gentlespoons face out
| A1 | 8 | balance & Rory O'More right
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More left
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| A2 | 8 | balance & Rory O'More right ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends into long waves, right hand to new neighbors
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by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: revolving door, down the hall, up the hall, custom, petronella, slide along set
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | revolving door - ladles take right hands and drop off partners on other side
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | down the hall and turn alone
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| 8 | up the hall and bend into a ring
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| B1 | 8 | mirrored mad ladle, twos stepping in front**
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 14 | partners balance & swing
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| 2 | slide left along set to new neighbors ⁋
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** mirrored mad ladle works a little bit like the grimstock/mirror hey from wizards walk etc. with the couple above dancing down between the the inside couple from their line of 4. Dancers should still be moving aligned with their partners as in a normal mad ladle, but will meet their partner in the center as they dance around their neighbors.
You can optionally teach the dancers which couples are the ones or twos during the walkthrough, but it’s less clear which is which in a becket dance.
by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: custom, balance
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | ladles chain to neighbors
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| 6 | ladles start a hey - rights in center, lefts on ends - until gentlespoons meet
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| 2 | gentlespoons allemande right ¼ to short waves, left hand to neighbors
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| B2 | 8 | balance & trade the wave - partners passing right, ladles taking left hands in the center and neighbors taking right hands on the other side of the set
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| 4 | balance short waves forward/back
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| 4 | pass through to new neighbors ⁋
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by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: form an ocean wave, custom, box circulate
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | pass through to an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left in the center, neighbors by right on the sides
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| 4 | trade the wave - partners passing right, gentlespoons taking right hands and neighbors taking left hands on the other side of the set
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| 4 | neighbors allemande left ¼ to long waves ⁋
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| B1 | 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
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| 8 | balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
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| B2 | 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
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| 8 | partners swing
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by: Isaac Banner
formation: improper
Starts in short waves, right hands to neighbors
| A1 | 8 | balance & Rory O'More right, gentlespoons keep sliding past each other to catch left hands
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| 8 | star left - hands across - 4 places, ladles falling in behind partners
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| A2 | 4 | balance the star
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| 4 | ladles Rory O'More left, gentlespoons turn over right shoulders
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| 8 | star right - hands across - 4 places ⁋
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| B1 | 6 | gentlespoons allemande left ¾ with next gentlespoon
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| 10 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do 1¼ to short waves
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Inspired by Catch a Falling Star, by Melanie Axel-Lute
by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: allemande orbit, meltdown swing
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | revolving door - ladles take right hands and drop off partners on other side
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| 8 | gentlespoons chain
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| B1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 8 | ladles allemande left once around while the gentlespoons orbit clockwise ½ around
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| B2 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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by: Bill Olson
introduces moves: California twirl
formation: Becket
My own personal-choreography-discovered-accidental-variation of Weeks on the Road by Bill Olson, this one keeps the energy driving in the B1 leading up to the partner swing much better than the original choreography, which replaces the balance/spin right with a circle left 3/4.
| A1 | 8 | left diagonal ladles chain
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | neighbors California twirl
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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The person you chain / chain to in A1 is the neighbor you swing in A2.